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Hindi
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit लोक (loká), via Old Hindi लोग (loga), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀮𑁄𑀕 (loga).
Use as a plural marker in some dialects is probably generalization of हम लोग (ham log, “us”).
Pronunciation
Noun
लोग • (log) m pl (Urdu spelling لوگ)
- people
- Synonym: लोक (lok)
हर साल करोड़ों लोग ताज महल देखने आते हैं।- har sāl karoṛõ log tāj mahal dekhne āte ha͠i.
- Every year, crores of people come to see the Taj Mahal.
Declension
Declension of लोग (pl-only masc cons-stem)
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plural
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लोग
log
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लोगों
logõ
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लोगो
logo
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Derived terms
Particle
लोग • (log)
- (Northeast India) marks the plural case
- लड़की लोग लंबा हो रा है। ― laṛkī log lambā ho rā hai. ― The girls are getting tall.
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “lōká”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
- Anvita Abbi, Maansi Sharma (2014) “Hindi as a Contact Language of Northeast India”, in Defining the Indefinable: Delimiting Hindi, Studies in Oriental Culture and Literature